Dennis Potter Quotes

Nigel Barton: Eh dad, why do you always walk in the middle of the road?Harry Barton: I don't know.Nigel Barton: What do you think the pavement's for?Harry Barton: Dogs to poop in, by the looks of things!

Dennis Potter

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• I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.

  

  Kate Fleetwood
  • Music
  • Like
  • Dance

• They say I am a regulator and I think it is just an effort not to comply with the decree. I do not do anything except what the decree requires me to do.

  

  Harold H. Greene
  • Effort
  • Decree
  • Regulator

• If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.

  

  F. Lee Bailey
  • Time
  • Good
  • Win

• I love to cook a meal for the so-called holidays. You always need the turkey. I like making a good BBQ brisket as well.

  

  Action Bronson
  • Good
  • Always
  • Making

• My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Done
  • Belief
  • Complaining

• I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people.

  

  Ed Harris
  • People
  • Country
  • Think

• My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we'd be V. V.'s, too. But, then when you start getting pets' names that start with a 'v,' it's a little embarrassing.

  

  Vince Vaughn
  • Dad
  • Mom
  • Start

• The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.

  

  Wayne Rooney
  • Important
  • Beautiful
  • Better

• I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.

  

  Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Writing
  • Business
  • Book

• With 'The Simpsons,' people didn't know what they were gonna see. They didn't have a clue.

  

  Sam Simon
  • People
  • Know
  • See

• My career is an open book, but my life is not.

  

  Barry Bonds
  • Life
  • Book
  • Career

• I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

  

  Balthazar Getty
  • Player
  • Baseball
  • Professional

• I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Hate
  • Star
  • Pop

• If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Time
  • Winning
  • Doing

• I think that we have to do our job well, investigate thoroughly and then describe very honestly what we see to the Security Council. And some of the things might please people there and other things may not please the people.

  

  Hans Blix
  • People
  • May
  • Job

• As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Happy
  • Career
  • You

• I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties.

  

  Warwick Davis
  • Always
  • Start
  • Size

• I had a couple CDs. But I never had that first concert experience, that first record thing.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Experience
  • Never
  • Couple

• My fans have always been so supportive, and several years ago, I realized that I could thank them by naming all my characters after my Twitter and Facebook fans.

  

  Neal Shusterman

• What is good looking, as Horace Smith remarks, but looking good? Be good, be womanly, be gentle,-generous in your sympathies, heedful of the well-being of all around you; and, my word for it, you will not lack kind words of admiration.

  

  John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Good
  • Words

• A director has to be on the set when the crew is called and is the last one to leave at night. I'm not saying it's not possible, but that's partly why we're not seeing more women.

  

  Dana Walden
  • Women
  • Why
  • Night

• I can't keep secrets about myself. I can keep secrets about other people, but if it's about myself, I'm like, 'blah blah blah blah.'

  

  Olivia Cooke
  • People
  • Myself
  • Secrets

• Decisions are the frequent fabric of our daily design.

  

  Don Yaeger
  • Design
  • Daily

• Nigel Barton: Eh dad, why do you always walk in the middle of the road?Harry Barton: I don't know.Nigel Barton: What do you think the pavement's for?Harry Barton: Dogs to poop in, by the looks of things!

  

  Dennis Potter
  • Why
  • Dad
  • Road